/********************************************************************** * * gsdltools.cpp -- * A component of the Greenstone digital library software * from the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the * University of Waikato, New Zealand. * * Copyright (C) 1999 The New Zealand Digital Library Project * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. * *********************************************************************/ #include "gsdltools.h" bool littleEndian() { char s[2] = {'\xFE', '\xEF'}; if (sizeof(unsigned short) == 2) return *(unsigned short*)s == 0xEFFE; else if (sizeof(unsigned int) == 2) return *(unsigned int*)s == 0xEFFE; } text_t dm_safe (const text_t &instring) { text_t outstring; text_t::const_iterator here = instring.begin(); text_t::const_iterator end = instring.end(); while (here != end) { if (*here == '_' || *here == '\\') outstring.push_back('\\'); outstring.push_back(*here); here ++; } return outstring; } // gsdl_system spawns a completely separate program (i.e. the calling // program continues and terminates normally). Arguments containing special // characters (e.g. '&') should be quoted with "" // on unix systems youcan get the same effext as this function by doing a // system call and putting the spawned process in the background // (e.g. system (funcname options &); #if defined (__WIN32__) #include void gsdl_system (char *cmd, ostream &logout) { STARTUPINFO ps = {sizeof(STARTUPINFO), NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL}; PROCESS_INFORMATION pi; BOOL res = CreateProcess(NULL, cmd, NULL, NULL, FALSE, DETACHED_PROCESS, NULL, NULL, &ps, &pi); if (!res) { logout << "Failed to start " << cmd << " process, error code " << GetLastError(); } CloseHandle(pi.hProcess); CloseHandle(pi.hThread); } #endif